Ashley Weddings & Events

{Bridal Boot Camp} Special. K. Chewy. Bars.

OK…clearly it makes sense that I {heart} Valentines Day :) and always want an excuse to make sweets so….These Special K Chewy bars are a perfect way to share the love with your friends, while indulging in them first….’cause Special K cereal is good for you and stuff…

{They have} yummy ingredients like, peanut butter, butter and Nutter Butters mmmm….{lots of butters. but yet, still good for you. hmmm..}

and brown sugar…

and this is how you do it…{nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah}

Food Items you will need:

{1 lb} nutter butter cookies
{4 c} Special K cereal
{1/2 c} butter
{1 c} karo syrup
{1 c} brown sugar
{1/2 c} peanut butter
{1 tsp} vanilla extract

Required Topping
{12 oz} pkg semi~sweet chocolate chips
{1/3 c} peanut butter

Let’s do this! …

*grind up those nutter butters in your food processor until course. place in a bowl with the cereal.

*in large saucepan combine butter, karo syrup, & brown sugar. cook over medium high heat until bubbly, stirring once in awhile (approx. 3 min.). take off of heat.

*stir in peanut butter and vanilla until combined.

*add in cereal and cookies and stir it up!

*unload yummy goo into a buttered 9×13 in pan and spread evenly

*microwave chocolate chips and remaining PB in microwave safe bowl and spread it on top. you’re suppose to let it cool and cut into small proportionate sizes. {or scoop some out while everything is warm…whatever.}

to make it valentines day-ee…
I made small white chocolate hearts {with added red food coloring} using melted chocolate and a ziplock bag. I cut a {tiny} bit off the end and piped onto silpat {or waxed paper}

LOVE!!
Morgan

The Inventory

At this post, you will see photographs of inventory I have collected over the years that any of my clients are free to use at their wedding or event for no extra charge! Let me know if you have any questions or comments! Happy Shopping ;)
Love!
Morgan

You may need to Click on some of the Photo’s to see {Description & Quantity}

{Shabby Chic} Bridal Show Booth 2012

As soon as is came…it went even quicker! But it was awesome and I was super happy creating my booth. This year I went with a Shabby Chic look & my colors were light pink and bold black and whites. I think it turned out pretty cute. Gonna try to post some DIY instructions soon on how I created things…hope you like!

{Details}

{Full View} only a small space to work with ;)

{My Flowers} were super fun to create! For my table centerpiece I used a tall pink glass vintage vase that {really isn’t vintage} from my beloved TJMaxx, filled with pink tulips, pink garden roses (that looked close to peonies and were available this time of year), miniature pink roses, white carnations (totally underrated!) and ranunculus. My bridal bouquet was just three stems of pink hydrangeas tied with black silk ribbon and an accent of black and white striped thinner ribbon. My three {milk glass} vases came inexpensively from Vintage Vogue.

My {paper creations} i.e. Menus, dessert cards, and other cute items came lovingly from The Wedding Chicks amazing blog under their free downloads. I embellished them with cute light pink rose “press ons” from a line of products at Hobby Lobby called Spare Parts.

I printed my {Gimme Some Sugar} sign from Martha Stewart Weddings. Very easy, and I’ve used the templates sooo many times.

On my {dessert dresser}, which came out of my guest bedroom (the dresser, not the goodies), was filled with Mexican Wedding Cookies, Mini Vanilla cupcakes decorated with silver dragees, Mini Pink Coconut Cupcakes, Cotton Candy Meringues from Sprinkle Bakes blog and Strawberry Marshmallows from Kroger {uh…awesome surprise! Have I just overlooked these strawberry marshmallows at Kroger?!? or have they been calling my name for years? I don’t wanna know}

{My Cake} I iced it with a cloud pattern and cut out a clip art silhouette of a couple and placed it on top. Paper roses were added too!

{I love Silhouettes} so I used them a couple times throughout my design. To distinguish the bride and grooms seat I took two black oval frames from Hobby Lobby. Then, I visited The Wedding Chicks again for the ‘bride’ and ‘groom’ font to print it on white paper and used clip art for the faces but you could totally use you and your fiancé.

For my {curtains} which were really 90″ square overlay table cloths ;) and all my other beautiful white linens… they were from the amazing Creative Coverings. I love that company!!

The {White Chiavari Chairs} , coveted by many brides, were from A Classic Party Rental up in Indy. They have all the colors and finishes of chiavari’s anyone could possibly want!

And this was what {I} looked like all day at my booth. “My booth, my booth my booth my booth!”

Love!
Morgan

Vendor Thank YOUS!! My booth would {not} have been awesome without your generosity!

{Linens & Curtains} Creative Coverings
{Chiavari Chairs} A Classic Party Rental
{Booth Rental & Show Sponsor} Perfect Parties
{Flowers ordered and selected from} Artful Blooms

{Sock Monkeys} are Timeless…

One would think that I am super sad that the Holiday season is officially over {according to the government, that was at 12am on Tuesday}

Any who, I sadly waved goodbye to my pregnant sister and her Greek {and cute} husband as they ventured back to Iowa today where they live {she works for the government ;} and was super sad {so were the doggies}

Then I thought… sock monkeys. Normal reaction to sadness, right?

However, Sock Monkey SLIPPERS are even better. So, I bought them for my new nephew or niece from uncommongoods.com .

I ordered them up, got them in the mail, fell in love with them instantly, but thought they were a bit too large for a baby. More like, a toddler. But then I remembered…{Sock Monkeys} never go outta style, the kid will grow into them :)

Here’s a link to make your very own, albeit cute.. SOCK MONKEY{S}!

From hubpages.com:
http://ahhhhh.hubpages.com/hub/howtomakeasockmonkey

Just remember. It all comes back to the {sock monkey}
Love!
Morgan

{Getting Prepped for 2012}

Practicing the drinking of the champagne…

{First} start with at least two champagne glasses…

{Pour} slowly and enjoy quickly!

I love the idea of a New Years resolution and always ask everyone around me what theirs will be for the upcoming new year, and yet, I have never made one for myself. It gives you a fun reason to better yourself, even if it only lasts a few months, weeks…days :/ But, none the less, it’s a great excuse for good- so this year my resolution is to practice opening the champagne bottle ;)
Happy {almost} New Year! xo Morgan